The person who came was a post soldier, a frontier post soldier!

The empress's face has changed dramatically.

Zhou An rushed out of the bead curtain, and rushed directly to the gate, taking the letterhead from the hand of the post soldier who vomited blood, and the seal of the letter was covered with a fire paint seal, which had not been opened before.

There were no words on the envelope.

Zhou An opened the envelope directly, pulled out the folded letter inside, shook it open and looked at it first, he just wanted to make sure that there was nothing wrong with the letter, there was no hidden weapon in it, and there was no poison on the letter before it could be handed over to the empress.

The empress lives in the deep palace, and everything she can touch, whether it is food, clothing, or use, has been repeatedly tested layer by layer, and it can only be given to her if there is no problem.

And this 800-mile urgent urgent letter was sent directly to the empress from the outside, and it had to be checked before the empress saw it.

Zhou An just wanted to check if there was anything wrong with the letter, but at the same time, he also read the content of the letter and quickly glanced at it.

Call.

Zhou An immediately turned around and ran to the empress's side.

The Empress had stepped out from behind the beaded curtain.

Zhou An handed the letter to the empress.

The empress stared at her eyes and glanced at it quickly, her face quickly became extremely ugly, her brows furrowed, and her hand holding the urgent letter was also slowly exerting force, and her bones turned white.

Zhou An knew why she was like this.

He also heard the words of the post soldier, and read the contents of the letter, although it was only a few glances, but with his strength, his memory was naturally extraordinary, and he quickly wrote it down.

The urgent letter came from the commander of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the generalissimo of Zhenbei Dong Weiwu!

The letter stated that the Beirong Empire's "Etulu Division" sent 60,000 troops to attack the Qishan Pass on the northern border of the Dongqian Dynasty last night, and it took only one hour to break through, and the 50,000 Northern Xinjiang troops guarding the Qishan Pass were directly killed and dispersed, and Wei Meng, the general of Qishan Pass and the general of Zhenbei, was killed on the spot.

Then the 60,000 enemy soldiers of the Beirong Empire invaded the territory of the Dongqian Dynasty, the 60,000 enemy soldiers were mainly cavalry, the speed was extremely fast, they divided the troops into multiple routes, ran all night, in just one day, they broke through the land of the three states and eighteen counties of northern Xinjiang, burning and looting along the way, no one could stop them.

Most of the defenders in northern Xinjiang were expected to flee from the wind, and many cities directly opened the city to surrender.

The urgent letter was written at dusk on the afternoon of the second day of the Beirong Empire's night attack on Qishan Pass, and Dong Weiwu, the generalissimo of Zhenbei, wrote at the end of the urgent letter that he was going to lead the 100,000 main forces of the Northern Xinjiang Army to intercept and meet the 30,000 main cavalry of the Beirong Empire.

The letter was sent from the Beijiang Post Station before the night of the 27th of the winter month.

And now, it is the first day of the lunar month.

In other words, the 60,000 enemy soldiers of the Etulu Department of the Beirong Empire launched a surprise attack on the night of the 26th day of the winter month to break through the Qishan Pass, and it has been five days since today.

The speed of this message delivery is actually quite fast.

Because the land area of the Dongqian Dynasty was too large.

And now, the northern Xinjiang side should also have a result, whether Dong Weiwu wins, or stabilizes the situation, it should also be a result, just wait for the news.

I don't know what happened over there, but I can infer it...... Very, very unoptimistic!

Northern Xinjiang is the northern part of the Dongqian Dynasty, bordering or adjacent to the Beirong Empire, and because the Beirong Empire has always been a major problem for the Dongqian Dynasty, especially in recent years, the Dongqian National Strength is weak, and the Beirong Empire has repeatedly violated the border.

The Northern Xinjiang Army under the command of Dong Weiwu and its subordinate departments have a full 200,000 troops, and if the local army is counted, the entire Northern Xinjiang has 300,000 troops.

The Beirong Empire only sent 60,000 troops this time!

But in just one day, they broke through the land of the eighteen counties of the three states in northern Xinjiang, which ...... How big of a problem is the Northern Frontier Army that it is so vulnerable? Are they all scarecrows?

The empress looked at the urgent letter, and her hands trembled more and more.

Her face turned red and white.

Outside the door of the main hall, the post soldier vomited a few mouthfuls of blood, lying there and not working, more breath and less breath, and the body did not tremble for long, so it was completely motionless, and the little eunuch in the hall went to see the situation, probed his snort, and was startled.

"Holy, holy...... He's dead. The little eunuch turned around and said in a trembling voice.

It's exhausting.

Eight hundred miles in a hurry, a few days and nights without sleep to travel thousands of miles, along the way I don't know how many post stations he passed, how many times he changed horses, and how many horses he died of exhaustion.

Horses will die of exhaustion, and so will people.

Crash.

The empress put down her hand holding the letter violently, relieved herself, and then said, "Thick burial!" ”

"Yes!" The little eunuch immediately received the order, and then beckoned the others to help, and the body had to be carried away first.

"Xiao Anzi, pass on my will!" The empress said with a cold expression, "Summoning the first assistant of the cabinet, the cabinet scholars, the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, the six scholars, and the generals of the three grades or above of the military department and the yamen, to enter the palace to discuss matters!" ”

"Yes!" Zhou An received the order.

Something is wrong!

This matter is enough for the empress to temporarily put aside the open and secret battle with Wu Xukuan, and the empress also believes that at this time, if this kind of thing happens, it is impossible for Wu Xukuan to still be sick and not come, and it can even be said that he dare not come.

Don't talk about the question of whether Wu Xukuan cares about the world, just talk about it...... He had to think about the implications.

This kind of thing happened, he still pretended to be sick and dragged the empress, I don't know how many people will be disappointed in him, those henchmen under him, I am afraid that they will also have the mind of "he is not the master", Wu Xukuan can not care about the opinions of the common people about him, but he has to care about the views of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military on him.

Wu Xukuan is a talented person, it is no exaggeration to say that his "cultural and martial arts" have the ability to be close to the emperor, it is precisely because of Wu Xukuan's ability, so he can come to this point, whether it is the important ministers who follow him in the court, or the generals in the army who are the first to look forward to him, many of them follow him because of this.

He is not going to ruin himself in this regard.

If he shows that he ignores the dangers of the frontier and ignores the turmoil of the mountains and rivers, it will inevitably shake the determination of many people to follow him.

About half an hour passed.

Wu Xukuan has entered the palace!

Not only him, but all those who were summoned by the empress, many of them, entered the palace as soon as possible, and some of them were even ready at home a long time ago, changed into official clothes, and waited for the eunuchs in the palace to come to announce their entry into the palace.

There was a problem in the frontier, and many people knew about this earlier than the empress, because the eight-hundred-mile expedited post soldiers had to enter the Qianjing City first, ride their horses on the streets of the capital, and run through half of the Qianjing City before they could reach the palace...... This will make a lot of people see and a lot of people guess what might have happened.

In the afternoon of this day, the empress summoned all the important ministers and generals of the Manchu Dynasty to discuss the war in northern Xinjiang.

What they discussed, Zhou An didn't know.

Because he was not accompanied, Kang Longji would personally come forward and accompany the empress.

And this matter has little to do with Zhou An.

No matter what the result of the deliberations is, he is not needed.

Zhou An only needs to do his own thing, which is enough.

However, this incident still has some impact on Zhou An.

It is precisely because of this incident that Zhou An has already planned and obtained the permission of the empress to carry out the operation to be carried out tonight, which has been temporarily canceled, there is no way, if this kind of thing happens, it is not good to move Wu Xukuan's people immediately, the battle between the empress and Wu Xukuan has to be put down temporarily, and both sides have to be put down temporarily.

……

This "emergency meeting" between the empress and the courtiers lasted from the afternoon to the night.

I didn't come up with a reason.

Because there is too little news now, the empress has just received the first report from Northern Xinjiang, and then what the situation is, I don't know, even the situation is not clear, to say that it can come up with countermeasures immediately, it is too embarrassing, and if the imperial court mobilizes a large army for this, it can be said that it will involve a lot, and it will not be determined immediately.

The next day.

Early in the morning of the second day of the lunar month, the northern Xinjiang post soldiers entered the capital again.

Eight hundred miles expedited!

News has arrived!

It's still an urgent letter.

The time of the urgent letter was sent less than a day later than the first time, that is, during the daylight on the 28th day of the winter month.

Border Pass Emergency: Zhenbei Generalissimo Dong Weiwu led the main army of 100,000 to intercept the 30,000 main cavalry of Beirong in Sanjian Gorge on the night of the 27th day of the winter month, and the two sides fought fiercely all night.